It had been a week, without hide nor hair of Wufei, not a single trace of him at all. So while Heero drove the truck, Quatre and Trowa attempted to convince that Duo would not survive without food.
He'd not spoken a single word the whole week, which caused the other pilots to worry- even Heero, although the signs of his worry were far more subtle then any of the other two's efforts. Perhaps it was Heero that Duo respected the most for this. At least he wasnt bugging him to death.
All Duo really wanted to do was think. Think about why Wufei had wrote the note to him- a note he had not shown to any of his other pilots. 02 was quiet content with having the knowledge all to himself. Did Wufei think he was weak, though, was the main question in his mind. Was this all just some sort of test?
He could only hope it was.
The tailgate openned suddenly, and Duo stared at Heero's muscular chest while the upper flap was openned from the metal camper truck bed cover so that they could come out.
The american didn't move, however, just glanced behind him to where a boy with black hair and raven eyes stood, dressed in tight black pants and a green vest, with a crow perched on his shoulder. He bore a blue headband on his forehead, with a metel plate bearing a sign similar to a leaf. He blinked.
"Get up, Maxwell. We have a guide to go to Chang's."
The command was quick and simple, and Duo followed it without complaint, sliding out of the truck and putting on his camping pack, which was mostly filled with food and some of Wufei's old things..and liquor. Strong liquor. Very strong liquor.
He'd needed it. He still would.
He hoped they found Wufei soon.
Quatre and Trowa soon piled out of the back of the truck too, with the blond carrying a suitcase and Trowa hauling a pinic basket and cooler. Heero quickly locked up the truck, Duo heard the tailgate close with a slam and watched the new boy infront of them.
When Heero was back with the other three pilots, the new boy with the crow introduced himself, talking slow, as though he had trouble with english. "I am Karasu Saku. It is a pleasure..but..why are you searching for Uchiha-sama?"
Duo was too tired to argue, otherwise he would of hit the boy- Saku, was it? When none of them answered, the boy shrugged and headed off to the beach.
The American orphan didn't know they were at a beach. But, being depressed for a week can really bring it out of you. He watched calmly as Saku gave a command to his crow and it flew away, and was too depressed still to notice that when they got to the beach, a fog had rolled in, so thick you could cut it with a knife.
In his mind, he thought nothing of it. He was still not in his right state anyway, so why did it matter that there was fog? Duo sighed and closed his eyes, startling his team. It was the first sound he'd actually made beyond the initial explanation, before the fact that Wufei was actually gone had set in. Oh, yes they knew it had hit him. Hit him hard.
Wufei was like a brother to him, they'd noticed the signs, although neither boy would ever admit it, willingly or otherwise. Of course, all the pilots were like brothers, but they had their own they held closer to themselves then others.
Well, except Heero. It seemed he was in equal love with them as he was his laptop and Gundam. He was still working on convaying his feelings properly, so he tried to avoid them as much as possible as he sorted his emotions out.
Quatre had Trowa, and they understood one another perfectly. Trowa, who had no recolection of his past, and Quatre, who had no brothers with which he could speek out of twenty nine other children.
But Duo...Duo had only had Wufei, and Wufei had only had Duo. They'd openned up quite fairly recently. Both their families had been murdered- Duo's by Oz and the War, and Wufei's by someone he'd rather not talk about. So they spent their time talking about the past, coming to terms with it as best they could when no others were around. Because they were prideful, they still acted the same as always while around other pilots, even if the others could very well see the bond growing between them.
The fact that Wufei may have lied to him was beyond Duo's grasp, and as he openned his eyes wearily he spotted a blue angel standing there, floating on water, a hand held out to him as she stood on thin white ice.
"I am Shuuha Yuki." Her voice was like Heaven, sugery sweet and welcoming to his aching soul. She was an angel without wings- a Siren. She had baby blue hair, and icy blue eyes...he noticed she was dressed in a violet bikini, and that a blue headband was tied around her upper left arm, a metal plate and that same leaf-like sign.
He accepted it tiredly with a poor smile and lay down on the ice, aquaited for a nap. In the morning, he knew, he'd relise what was going on, and freak out, but that was okay, right? Yes...very much okay.
